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Short Bytes:  Microsoft Edge browser made a lot of hype before setting in the steps in the internet browsing market. Microsoft Edge was thought to be more secure, faster, light-weight and many more features were also integrated with it like Cortana Assist, Reading List and the new In Private browsing mode. According to a new research, the browser might be storing your private data even in the In Private mode. But in Private browsing   mode is no more private as it was supposed to be. According to an   investigation   made recently over the In Private browsing mode of Microsoft Edge browser, a user’s browsing data can easily be recovered from the hard drive by examining the Web Cache file. Visited sites are stored in the same “Container_n” table that stores tab history from conventional browsing, the investigation found. This table can be of great help to a hacker who might be able to reuse a user’s browsing history, whether in Pri...

Short Bytes:  A security researcher has uncovered a serious flaw in Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app. This loophole exists in both the desktop and mobile apps. He found that by sending about 4,000 smileys to a target, the WhatsApp app starts to slow down and ultimately crashes. A ccording to a security researcher  Indrajeet Bhuyan , there is a simple way to crash the popular instant messaging app WhatsApp by just sending an insane amount of smileys. This serious WhatsApp flaw can crash the mobile app as well as the WhatsApp Web. In his discovery, Bhuyan found that by sending about 4,000 smileys to a target, the WhatApp app starts to slow down and crashes due to “buffer overflow”. This flaw targets both the desktop and mobile apps. How Whats App smiley bug works? In the Whats App Web app, you are allowed to send a message with about 6,500-6,600 characters. But, after typing about 4,000-4,200 smileys, the browser/app starts to slow down. As you type more and ...

A system using images and a one-time numerical code can provide a secure and easy to use alternative to multiple device password systems like are used in online banking, researchers say. It can also be easier for users to remember and be less expensive for providers to implement since it would not require the deployment of potentially costly hardware systems," said the team from Plymouth University in Britain. The "GOTPass" system will be applicable for online banking and other such services where users with several accounts would struggle to carry around multiple devices to gain access. They also publish the results of a series of security tests, demonstrating that out of 690 hacking attempts - using a range of guesswork and more targeted methods - there were just 23 successful break-ins. Traditional passwords are undoubtedly very usable but regardless of how safe people might feel their informatio...

  Short Bytes: They got Livestream hacked!   The popular live streaming platform Livestream has asked its users to reset the password through a mail. However, Livestream says that the database might have been breached but the hacker might not have access to confidential data of its customers. T he popular live video streaming platform Livestream has announced that its service might have been hacked. Livestream adds that its live video streaming platform might have been illegally breached by an unauthorised person. And the hacker might have accessed its customer account database. However, credit card and any other payment information of the users have not been exposed.The Livestream database holds informal information such as a user’s name, email address, an encrypted version of their password, phone numbers and the customer’s date of birth. Livestream has avered that the company hadn’t stored any credit card information of the customers or even any con...